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HealthyWomen.org
If you have read this blog over the last couple of years, you’ll know that I have had severe hormonal issues after the birth’s of my children. One of the ways I handled it was blogging about, because I often times felt like I was the only one dealing with these types of issues. What I didn’t know was that there many other women out there with the same issues. Most women can relate to the monthly annoyances that come with our menstruation cycles — from battling cramps and bloating to the bouts of unexpected mood swings. Though many of us experience similar symptoms, some women face a bigger challenge: periods so heavy they interfere with everyday activities. A recent surveyed group of more than 500 Moms with common heavy monthly bleeding symptoms brought about some interesting results:
- Heavy monthly bleeding symptoms impact daily routines. The vast majority (92%) agreed that the condition frustrates them, and more than two-thirds (68%) feel that their periods control them.*
- Women don’t always know where to turn for help with heavy monthly bleeding symptoms. More than 75% of women don’t know help is available for their heavy periods. Less than half have spoken to their OB/GYN about their symptoms.
- Information and persistence may empower women to seek the right help. Of those who were satisfied with their treatment, 38% went to two or more visits with a health care professional before they found an option they liked.
For any woman who suffers from heavy bleeding, learning the symptoms of an abnormal period and discovering available treatments can change your life. That is where HealthyWomen.org steps in. HealthyWomen.org is the nation’s leading independent health information source for women. They have put together a series of online resources about heavy monthly bleeding. The resource section includes a survey to determine if your symptoms align with heavy monthly bleeding, key questions to ask, and available treatment options to discuss with your physician.
As I’ve learned myself, talking about your health issues is the first step in getting them fixed. It’s also a great way to get support and have others help you.
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Ferring Pharmaceuticals and received a promotional item to facilitate my review.
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Mandatory Disclosure: Doesn’t Apply To The New York Times
If you are a blogger, I know you are going “WHAT??!!??” I know I was when I got my hands on this story. I personally don’t care for the New York Times. I’m sick and tired of them making mommy bloggers look like money grubbing idiots. I have to admit that it is nice when the tables get turned on them. I know you have to be asking “what happened”.
Here’s the deal. Uwe Reinhardt is a Princeton economic professor. He writes about health care for the New York Times’ Economix blog. That part is all fine and dandy until you find out that he earns more than $500,000 a year working for a number of health care companies. He also holds more than $5 million worth of related stock. The best part? This actually breaks the New York Times rules, which ban anyone who writes for the paper from having any financial interest “in a company, enterprise or industry that figures or is likely to figure in coverage that he or she provides, edits, packages or supervises regularly.” Heck, you’d think in his bio that they would have at least mentioned some of this. Nope. What’s The New York Times reply to this all?
“Professor Reinhardt is a leading expert on the economics of health care, and has provided valuable and independent insights in his blog posts. He has mentioned his service on corporate boards in the blog, but we are reviewing how to more fully describe his activities for readers of Economix.”
The same New York Times that says the rest of us bloggers don’t disclose our relationships. Pot meet kettle.
Here’s the breakdown of what he owns, according to NYTPicker:
- Reinhardt either earns an income or stock options from the five different private health care companies for which he sits on the board of directors/serves as a trustee.
- He has sat on the board of health care company, Amerigroup, since 2003. This tenure has resulted in Reinhardt’s accumulation of 144,558 shares in the company and $226,531 in cash-and-stock compensation. These shares are currently valued around $4.8 million.
- Reinhardt also holds 75,625 shares of Boston Scientific (worth more than $500,000 in value) and earned $213,132 from the company in 2009. He has sat on the board of this medical device manufacturing company since 2005.
- Reinhardt serves as a trustee for H&Q Healthcare Investors and H&Q Life Science Investors. His 2008 income from the companies included $43,000 in income and between $1 and $10,000 worth of securities.
- He also made $2.3 million from the 2007, $5.1 billion sale of Triad Hospitals to Community Health Systems.
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